I’ll be honest and say I’m a huge buzzkill but I despise both of them for liking Putin and trump respectively, so I literally did not give two shits about the goal record I stopped caring about the caps forever roughly half a second after I found out they went to party with Javanka after the cup
my impression of the NHL is that their collective opinion on Russia invading Ukraine and on Trump threatening to forcibly annex Canada is that the aggrieved parties should just get over it for the sake of the locker room
I know the morality of all pro sports is fraught but that shit was all a bridge too far for me and I’m not gonna pay attention again until they do something to make it right
I like the on-field product of football to look past its moral sins but I can’t really say the same for hockey so
I feel that about hockey: it's the only sport I actually enjoy. I can't disagree with any of your perfectly valid criticisms, though.
yeah I can’t guilt anyone for liking what they like
Oh, to be clear, I fully agree. I've never liked Ovechkin, and while I was bitterly disappointed to find out about Gretzky's politics, I was somehow also unsurprised. But it's still a thing that would have happened.